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If you would like to sponsor a baby please contact Kimberley at timnkim@gmail.comPlease tell her which baby or babies you would like to sponsor and for what amount. She will have a picture and a sponsor sidebar link sent to you. She also will instruct you as to how to make your monthly donations.If you would like to make a one time donation, simply click the Pink Starfish Link on the sidebar. It will take you to GroundSpring where you can make your on-line donation.Thank you and may God bless you and may God bless the children.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Nine Transformed Faces

We got stuck at the Beijing Airport with four babies for 30 hours trying to get home to Xian. I guess it was not as bad as the 19 800 people who got stuck at the Xian airport trying to get out. Apparently the fog was so bad the planes could not land. Ultimately this does not really mean anything in the grand scheme of things because nine babies out of the 12 we took to Beijing, got their clefts repaired and they all look so different except for Hosea who had his cleft palate repaired, no outward change there.My most grateful thanks to Dr Lisa Buckmiller and all of the medical team that came with her, you all rock and I love seeing your skills in action. Thank you to Dr Bill Moody who made the arrangements and for finding sponsors for the surgeries, so that we did not need to pay for anything. To BeiDa Hospital in Beijing for all they did to help the children. I appreciate all the hard work that culminated in 21 children getting their faces transformed. I just love the unity that it takes to help the children which focuses on one thing and that is the children. I loved watching the tenderness with which the nannies and volunteers took care of the babies. Thank you all so very much.We are still in the healing process so things are not looking great yet, but here are some pictures. Some of the babies look like they have been in a bar fight, but when the dermabond coating falls off things will look much better.

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An older man was walking along a beach when he saw a young boy. Along the shore were many starfish that had been washed up by the tide and were sure to die before the tide returned. The boy was walking slowly along the shore and occasionally reached down and tossed a beached starfish back into the ocean.The older man, hoping to teach the boy a little lesson in common sense, walked up to the boy and said, "I have been watching what you are doing, son. You have a good heart, and I know you mean well, but do you realize how many beaches there are around here and how many starfish are dying on every beach every day? Surely, such an industrious and kindhearted boy such as yourself could find something better to do with your time. Do you really think that what you are doing is going to make a difference?"The boy looked up at that man, and then he looked down at a starfish by his feet. He picked up the starfish, and as he gently tossed it back into the ocean, he said, "For this one, it makes a difference."